Dr. Thomas F. Burks was an outstanding researcher, an inspirational teacher, an academic leader and a friend to faculty and students. Establishing a student scholarship in his name is a lasting tribute to his memory and to what he valued in life. The Thomas F. Burks Scholarship for Academic Merit was established on the recommendation of the Interfaculty Council (IFC) at UTHealth Houston to provide scholarship support to students based on academic merit. The scholarship is to be awarded to a student who is matriculated and has established an academic record at one of the schools of UTHealth Houston.
TF Burks Scholarship Recipients:
- 2009-2010 (FY2010)
- A.J. Agopian, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
- 2010-2011 (FY2011)
- Kerry J. Welsh, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- 2011-2012 (FY2012)
- Madeline M. Burgoyne-Farley, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Charles Darkoh, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- 2012-2013 (FY2013)
- Gabriel L. Blog, UTHealth Houston School of Nursing
- Tamara Jones, DDS, UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry
- 2013-2014 (FY2014)
- Lawrence F. Bronk, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Arsene Hanana, UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry
- 2014-2015 (FY2015)
- Melissa Robinson, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Dustin Staloch, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
- 2015-2016 (FY2016)
- Viraj Bhise, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
- Erin Josserand, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
- Marco Leung, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Chen Liang, UTHealth Houston McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
- 2016-2017 (FY2017)
- Smruthi Vijayaraghavan, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Monica Gireud, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Caroline S. Hussey, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
- 2017-2018 (FY2018)
- Stephen Simington, UTHealth Houston McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
- Faiez Saiyed, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
- Muhammad Amith, UTHealth Houston McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
- 2018-2019 (FY2019)
- Jennifer Hillhouse, Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston
- Jingcheng Du, UTHealth Houston McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
- Kimberly D'Souza, UTHealth Houston McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
- 2019-2020 (FY 2020)
- Ayesha Khan, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Claudia Martinez, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
- Alexis S. Mobley, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- 2020-2021 (FY 2021)
- Amanda Wegner, Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston
- Caroline Starling, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
- Tapsi Kumar, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Monica Coley, UTHealth Houston McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
- Jillian Huffman, UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry
- Amier Haidar, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
- 2021-2022 (FY 2022)
- Medina Colic, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Elizabeth O. Obekpa, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
- Hannah L. Stewart, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
- 2022-2023 (FY 2023)
- Hossaena Ayele, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
- Jovanka Gencel-Augusto, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Nicole Baltazar, Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston
- 2023-2024 (FY 2024)
- Michael Zhao, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
- Jeanne Cardenas, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
- Nour Hilal, UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry
